Answer the questions in this quiz to see how well you've read and understood the chapter. Feel free to look up answers in the book and retake this quiz until you get all the answers right. This quiz is based on Business Communication (activebook 2.0) by John V. Thill and Courtland L. Bovee. When you're through, just click on SEND to check your answers. If you want to start over, just click on RESET! Your name Your nickname(which you created when you filled out the questionnaire for this course) Which version of this course are you taking? Classroom Online Other All of the following are types of informational reports except: monitoring and controlling operations implementing policies and procedures supporting a recommendation complying with government regulations All of the following are true of a well-written summary except: The content is accurate. It supports a recommendation. It is comprehensive and balanced. The report structure is clear. Examples of analytical reports include reports for: solving problems justifying a project or course of action obtaining new business or funding all the above Which of the following statements is false? Troubleshooting reports are one type of problem-solving report. Justification reports are used to persuade top management to approve a product or course of action. A proposal is a special type of analytical report used to get products, plans, or projects accepted by outside business or government clients. Proposals are not legally binding. The first step in planning a report is to: outline the issues for investigation prepare a work plan define the problem limit the scope of the study To limit the scope of a study, do not ask about: what needs to be determined who is involved in the situation how the situation originated what medium and channel should be used A formal work plan usually includes the following elements except: primary and secondary sources statement of the problem discussion of tasks to be accomplished review of project assignments, schedules, and resource requirements Which of the following sources are found in libraries? librarians business books electronic database all the above All of the following should be used in database searches except: Boolean operators proximity operators stop words wildcards Which of the following is not a primary source of information? reading books and articles making observations surveying people conducting interviews Survey questions that yield reliable, valid results use all of the following criteria except: short and easy-to-answer format questions that are easy to tabulate leading questions questions that ask only one thing at a time To evaluate the credibility of sources, ask all of the following questions except: whether the source is potentially biased where the source got its information whether the source can be found by several different search engines whether the material is current The following are goals of paraphrasing except: keeping it shorter than the original not altering or distorting the meaning of the original text quoting the original source verbatim presenting the source in your own words Which of the following definitions is not true? The mean is the sum of all the items in the group divided by the number of items in the group. The median is the midpoint of the series of items. The median is the sum of all the items in the group divided by the number of items in the group The mode is the number that occurs more often than any other in your sample. A sound conclusion must do all of the following except: fulfill the original statement of purpose be based strictly on the information provided in the text of the report be logical be based on primary sources. Click here to check your answers. Click here to wipe everything out and start over. Information and programs provided by hcexres@io.com.
Answer the questions in this quiz to see how well you've read and understood the chapter. Feel free to look up answers in the book and retake this quiz until you get all the answers right.
This quiz is based on Business Communication (activebook 2.0) by John V. Thill and Courtland L. Bovee.
When you're through, just click on SEND to check your answers. If you want to start over, just click on RESET!
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